Journals

Introducing Darren Umney, DRS Publications and Archive Editor

The DRS is pleased to announce the appointment of Darren Umney as Publications and Archive Editor. Darren will take responsibility for consolidating and developing the historic and ongoing publishing activities of the DRS with a particular focus on academic papers, reports and conference proceedings.

Darren will join the DRS support team that includes Online Editor Isabel Prochner and Administrator Linda Anderson. The support team works with the DRS Council and manages the day-to-day operations of the Society.  

Darren began his career as an artist and has experience in film making, performance art, exhibition curation and online newspaper publishing. In addition to his role with the DRS, he works as Associate and Managing Editor of the Journal of Cultural Economy. He received his PhD from the Open University (UK) in 2016. His thesis explored the implications of studying parliamentary debate, and positioned the parliamentary process as a design process.

Darren received a DRS 50^th Anniversary Student Bursary, which he used to uncover the archaeological history of the Society. He also conducted an online performance—tweeting retrospectively about early DRS conferences. This work contributes to the growing DRS archive and was presented at DRS2016 in Brighton.

As Publications and Archive Editor, Darren is looking forward to consolidating his historical exploration of the Society. He also has an important role sharing past, present and future DRS work with members.

Design Studies Latest Contents

Volume 68, May 2020

Available online at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/design-studies/vol/68/

Design performance and designer preference in an interactive, data-driven conceptual building design scenario
Nathan C. Brown
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2020.01.001

Read the full patent or just the claims? Mitigating design fixation and design distraction when reviewing patent documents
Edwin C.Y. Koh,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2020.02.001

Staging negotiation spaces: A co-design framework
Signe Pedersen
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2020.02.002

Crafters, explorers, innovators, and co-creators: Narratives in designers’ identity work
Tua A. Björklund, Teo Keipi, Hanna Maula
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2020.02.003

Where next for design research? Understanding research impact and theory building
Philip Cash
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2020.03.001

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Design Studies Latest Contents

Volume 55, March 2018 

 Available online at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/design-studies/vol/55/suppl/C

Design Studies is the journal of the Design Research Society

Special Issue: Design Processes in Service Innovation, Edited by Dirk Snelders and Fernando Secomandi

Editorial: Design processes in service innovation    
Fernando Secomandi, Dirk Snelders 

Staging aesthetic disruption through design methods for service innovation   
Katarina Wetter-Edman, Josina Vink, Johan Blomkvist 

Design, learning networks and service innovation
Lucila Carvalho, Peter Goodyear 

A sociotechnical framework for the design of collaborative services  
Joon Sang Baek, Sojung Kim, Yoonyee Pahk, Ezio Manzini 

Exploring the transformative impacts of service design: The role of designer–client relationships in the service development process    
Eun Yu, Daniela Sangiorgi 

Bringing Service Design to manufacturing companies: Integrating PSS and Service Design approaches  
Nina Costa, Lia Patrício, Nicola Morelli, Christopher L. Magee 

Towards a more inclusive service development process for the wider population     
Fábio Evangelista Santana, Carlos Coimbra Cardoso, Marcelo Gitirana Gomes Ferreira, Márcio Fontana Catapan, Ivo Rodrigues Montanha, Fernando Antônio Forcellini 

Volume 57, July 2018

Available online at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/design-studies/vol/57/

Design Studies is the journal of the Design Research Society

Special Issue: Designing in the Wild, Edited by Linden Ball and Bo Christensen

This special issues also features selected papers from the 12th Design Thinking Research Symposium.

Editorial: Designing in the wild
Linden Ball, Bo Christensen

Timescales and ideaspace: An examination of idea generation in design practice
Kathryn Shroyer, Terri Lovins, Jennifer Turns, Monica Cardella, Cynthia Atman

Rendering a multi-dimensional problem space as an unfolding collaborative inquiry process
Robin Adams, Richard Aleong, Molly Goldstein, Freddy Solis

Design roulette: A close examination of collaborative decision-making in design from the perspective of framing
Janet McDonnell

Cracking open co-creation: Categories, stories, and value tension in a collaborative design process
Peter Lloyd, Arlene Oak

Grouping notes through nodes: The functions of Post-It notes in design team cognition
Graham Dove, Sille Julie Abildgaard, Michael Mose Biskjaer, Nicolai Brodersen Hansen, Kim Halskov

Verbal focus shifts: Forms of low coherent statements in design conversations
Axel Menning, Bastien M. Grasnick, Benedikt Ewald, Franziska Dobrigkeit, Claudia Nicolai

DTRS: A catalyst for research in design thinking
Kees Dorst

A brief history of the Design Thinking Research Symposium series
Nigel Cross

Design Studies Latest Contents

Volume 58, September 2018

Available online at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/design-studies/vol/58/

Design Studies is the Journal of the Design Research Society 

User requirements for analogical design support tools: Learning from practitioners of bio-inspired design

Gülşen Töre Yargın, Roxana Moroşanu Firth, Nathan Crilly

Pages 1-35, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142694X1730090X

The use and evolution of design methods in professional design practice

Jan Fredrik Schønheyder, Kjetil Nordby

Pages 36-62, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142694X18300267

Principles of maker and DIY fabrication: Enabling design prototypes at low cost

Bradley Camburn, Kristin Wood

Pages 63-88, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142694X18300279

Design heuristics set for X: A design aid for assistive product concept generation

Dongwook Hwang, Woojin Park

Pages 89-126, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142694X18300280

Using linkography to compare creative methods for group ideation

G. Hatcher, W. Ion, R. Maclachlan, M. Marlow, B. Simpson, N. Wilson, A. Wodehouse

Pages 127-152, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142694X18300395

Design Studies Latest Contents

Volume 59, November 2018

Available online at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/design-studies/vol/59/

Design Studies is the journal of the Design Research Society

Special Issue: Participatory Design, Edited by Rachael Luck

Editorial: What is it that makes participation in design participatory design?

Rachael Luck

Participatory design for sustainable social change

Rachel Charlotte Smith, Ole Sejer Iversen

Examining situated design practices: Nurses' transformations towards genuine participation

Kija Lin Østergaard, Jesper Simonsen, Helena Karasti

Valuing implicit decision-making in participatory design: A relational approach in design with people with dementia

Niels Hendriks, Liesbeth Huybrechts, Karin Slegers, Andrea Wilkinson

Design project failures: Outcomes and gains of participation in design

Sofia Lundmark

'Dismantle, change, build’: Designing abolition at the intersections of local, large-scale, and imagined infrastructures

Shana Agid

 Speculative prototyping, frictions and counter-participation: A civic intervention with homeless individuals

Martín Tironi

Participatory design in architectural practice: Changing practices in future making in uncertain times

Rachael Luck

Nominations for Design Studies Best Paper Award Announced

Elsevier Science and Design Research Society have announced the final nominations for the Award for Best Paper, 2017. Even better, all nominated papers are available as a freely available virtual special issue here: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/design-studies/virtual-special-issues/design-studies-award-2017

The Design Studies announcement 

We are pleased to announce the nominations of the Design Studies Award for the best paper published in 2017, and the release of a Virtual Special Issue containing all of the papers nominated for the 2017 Award.

The Journal of Design Thinking and its First Call for Submissions

There is a growing list of great new design research journals, with She Ji and Sciences du Design (est. 2015) as prime examples. The most recent addition is the Journal of Design Thinking (JDT), dedicated to academic study of design thinking, creativity and cognition, as well as the broader topic of industrial design. Dr. Yassaman Khodadadeh, Editor-in-Chief of JDT, kindly spoke with us about her vision for this new journal. Khodadadeh is an Associate Professor of Design at the University of Tehran – and was, in fact, the first person to hold this faculty position in Iran!

Top Left: University of Tehran during a workshop with TU Delft | Top Right: Dr. Yassaman Khodadadeh

What are your hopes for JDT?

The goal is to provide a valuable publication space for researchers worldwide and provide a possibility for exchange of ideas.

How does JDT compare to other journals, locally and globally?

The JDT is the first International specialized design research journal based in Iran. However, it aims to contribute to high quality design research at international and national levels.

With these impressive goals in mind, Khodadadeh and the JDT editorial board have announced the call for papers for their first issue:

In preparation for the first issue of the Journal of Design Thinking, we invite submissions on design thinking, design practice, the relationships between design theory and practice, reflective practice and conceptualization challenges. Please submit a paper title, abstract (max. 300 words) and author bio by February 20, 2019. Submissions must be sent by email to Alma Zanjanian, JDT Executive Director, at jdt@ut.ac.ir.

We will evaluate abstracts through blind review and invite authors of accepted abstracts to submit a manuscript at a later date.

Nominations for Design Studies 2018 Best Paper Award 

We are pleased to announce the nominations for the Design Studies best paper award for papers published in 2018. The award is made annually, jointly by Elsevier Science and the Design Research Society (DRS) in recognition of the contribution to advancing knowledge in the field of design research.

Nominations for the Award are made by the journal Editors and the winner selected by the Editor-in-Chief and the Chair of the DRS. This collection of outstanding research papers has been made freely available as a Virtual Special Issue until March 31, 2020. Please visit: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/design-studies/ 

The criteria for the Award are:

• contribution to the development of the field of design research
• originality of research or scholarship
• breadth of relevance, and clarity and style of presentation

Nominations for the Design Studies Award 2018

Design, learning networks and service innovation
Lucila Carvalho and Peter Goodyear

Imagining design: transitive and intransitive dimensions
Alfredo Jornet and Wolff-Michael Roth

Timescales and ideaspace: an examination of idea generation in design practice
Kathryn Shroyer, Terri Lovins, Jennifer Turns, Monica Cardella and Cynthia Atman

Principles of maker and DIY fabrication: enabling design prototypes at low cost
Bradley Camburn and Kristin Wood

Participatory design for sustainable social change
Rachel Charlotte Smith and Ole Sejer Iversen